pub

¹ American  

[puhb] / pʌb /

noun

1. a bar or tavern.

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pub. ² American  

abbreviation

1. public.

2. publication.

3. published.

4. publisher.

5. publishing.

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pub. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. public

2. publication

3. published

4. publisher

5. publishing

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pub ² British  

/ pʌb /

noun

1. Formal name: public house.  a building with a bar and one or more public rooms licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink, often also providing light meals

2. a hotel

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verb

1. informal (intr) to visit a pub or pubs (esp in the phrase go pubbing )

Etymology

Origin of pub

First recorded in 1855–60; short for public house

Example Sentences

"This year is going to be a fight for survival. If I make it to Christmas I'll be impressed" says Matthew Alum who runs two pubs in the Colchester area.

From BBC

But whenever she spotted another tote in the wild—on the Tube, outside a pub, swinging from someone’s shoulder on a crowded street—she felt a spark of recognition.

From The Wall Street Journal

The injured lay on cushions torn from nearby pubs and restaurants in an effort to keep them off the cold ground.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The mad man believed he was on the way ‘to the pub to meet his mates,’” recalls another survivor of the Induna, Jimmy Campbell, who was a 15-year-old steward’s boy when the ship went down.

From The Wall Street Journal

"His eyes were on stalks, capturing everything that was going on. We took him to the Barmy Army pub one night and he loved it."

From BBC

Related Words

• bar
• inn
• lounge
• saloon
• tavern